dpac996
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| Pet audiophile peeves - name yours The use of the word 'minty'. These people should be banned from this site for life and be forced to eat a strict diet of Mentos | |
| Review: Krell KAV 400xi Amplifier "Check out my review of the HD220 on A'gon! It has turned into one of the finest amplifiers ever to grace any of my systems. Words can hardly describe how happy I am with my purchase..it is reference caliber sound for sure!! The HD220 controls my ... | |
| ARC Ref3 vs Cary SLP 05 MMitch7711, I think they were plain old Cary spec stock tubes...with plenty of life.I don't have much experiencing tube rolling, but it seems like a nice way to tailor a particular piece to one's liking, though it may be hit and miss along the jou... | |
| ARC Ref3 vs Cary SLP 05 I forgot to add, He is running a Mc402... | |
| ARC Ref3 vs Cary SLP 05 I recently spent about 1 week with my friend's slp-05. I thought is was very detailed, excellent bass, nice mids, but I could not help but notice it was "hot" sounding, ie tipped up in the trebles. I would not call it harsh, but it called attentio... | |
| Personal amp evolution -Harman Kardon Citation 24 -Adcom GFA 555 II -Muse Model 100 -NAD 314 -Dynaco ST 70 -Bell Stereophonic Tube Integrated -Parasound HCA 800 MK II -NAD C272 -McCormack DNA 0.5 -McCormack DNA 225 -McCormack DNA 0.5 Deluxe / Smc Rev B -Aragon 8002 -Aud... | |
| Ideal Volume level I did not say they result in increased noise floor. EVery component has a baseline noise floor. I was describing how the smallest voltage details rise from the thermal noise floor as the voltage division (as the wiper moves or the ladder is varyin... | |
| Ideal Volume level it's more a dynamic range issue. While said tracking differences may be an issue, I have yet to hear any preamp suffer from this effect (ie enough channel imbalance to notice center fill shifting)..that would have to be one hideous potentiometer!!... | |
| Interconnect and Speaker Cable Burn In "Any suggestions would be much appreciated - keep in mind that I am somewhat technically challenged." Careful with that assertion at any audio dealer.FWIW, usually you would want some "load" present at the other end of the cable under test...if yo... | |
| What Happened to Thiel? ran a dns traceroute.... there servers are unreachable. Probably just a network anomaly that also took out phone. | |
| Can anyone help me start building my own poweramp? Kenneth P from Denmark:There are lots of diagrams in that book. I think it is a good read and presents a pretty thorough examination of the various stages of the power amp. Randy Sloan used to publish kits of high quality DIY amps. I think if you ... | |
| Can anyone help me start building my own poweramp? Go for it!!!do you have any electronics experience?How about hand tools and test equipment?How loud do you listen...what kind of music...etc...you need to figure out from your average SPL level at your listening distance and working backwards with... | |
| Review: Antique Sound Labs Flora EX DT Line Preamplifier Tube preamp A very tasty review! Clearly stated system goals, well written, drew me into it, made my mouth water for the Flora! I looked at a photo briefly and it looked like there was one set of XLRs. I assume you are running yours SE? How about listing some... | |
| Promitheus TVC preamp anyone using it balanced? I just ordered the sam special (with XLR i/o) Nick states that it is indeed a full balanced design and is not taking the balanced into single ended. As it should be...transformers were MADE for balanced!! I looked at the ... | |
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